With the removal of Honor Among Thieves, the combo point generation will be very different for Sub rogues. The new baseline ability Shadow Techniques gives a chance to proc combo points from autoattacks. That will replace HoT.

Eleven out of twenty-one of our old talents have been removed for Outlaw spec. Here are the new talents that replace them:

New Talents

Master of Subtlety – its back! Attacks made from stealth and for 10 seconds after cause 10% additional damage.

Weaponmaster – Your attacks have a chance to hit the target twice each tie they deal damage

One interesting aspect of Subtlety rogues is how much of their damage is being shifted from physical to shadow. If they use the Gloomblade talent and also use Nightblade as the finisher, then only their autoattacks are doing physical damage.

Deeper Strategem – can gain up to 6 combo points, and finishers can use up to 6 combo points

Alacrity – Finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point to grant 1% haste for 20 seconds. Stacks up to 25 times.

Expanded Technique – your combo point generators now have a chance to trigger Shadow Techniques

Expanded Technique should just be built into a baseline ability. Otherwise it is dull.

Relentless Strikes – you gain an additional 40 energy when you enter stealth

Also, rogues gain a baseline ability called Master of Shadows at level 54 that provides 60 energy when you enter stealth. Thus, if Relentless Strike is chosen as a talent you would get 100 energy.

I can’t really get a mental feel for this spec.changes to this spec. It clearly intends for you to jump in and out of stealth as often as possible, which is interesting. Not sure about the interplay of all the talents and new abilities. I’ll be sure to try it if I get into the beta.